Metastatisk ryggmärgskompression får inte missas. Ökad medvetenhet om tidiga symtom möjliggör snabb behandling
Engelsk titel: Metastatic spinal cord compression must not be missed. Increased awareness of early symptoms enables fast treatment
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Författare:
Crnalic, Sead
Email: sead.crnalic@orthop.umu.se
Språk: Swe
Antal referenser: 17
Dokumenttyp:
Översikt
UI-nummer: 14027605
Sammanfattning
Metastatic spinal cord compression is a serious source of morbidity in patients with bone metastases causing neurological complications detrimental to quality and duration of life. Early diagnosis and prompt treatment should be imperative in order to achieve favorable functional outcome in these patients. Thus, raising awareness for the symptoms of metastatic spinal cord compression is mandatory, both among patients at risk and in primary and secondary care providers. This implicates the need for development and improvement of local and regional treatment guidelines for this patient group.